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001 2008301311
003 DLC
005 20090128121408.0
008 081219s2008 nyu 000 0 eng d
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050 00 $aBQ882$b.K47 2008
100 1 $aKerouac, Jack,$d1922-1969.
245 10 $aWake up :$ba life of the Buddha /$cprepared by Jack Kerouac ; introduction by Robert A. F. Thurman.
246 33 $aLife of the Buddha
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2008.
300 $axxix, 146 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $aThough raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing. Published for the first time in book form, this is Kerouac's retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as a document of Kerouac's evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists.--From publisher description.
600 00 $aGautama Buddha$vBiography.
650 0 $aReligious biography$zIndia.
650 0 $aBuddhists$zIndia$vBiography.
650 0 $aBuddhism$xDoctrines.
700 1 $aThurman, Robert A. F.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008301311-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008301311-d.html